Faucet



p 19 A. M. MQEN 2,609,205

1 FAUCET Filed April 15 1945 IN VEN TOR.

HLFRED MMOEN OQYMn- Patented Sept. 2, 195 2 '1- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I i rel-609,205

FAUoE'i? I Alfred M; Moan, Seattle, Waslii; assignorof o'netiith to Robert 0. Boyker, Seattle,- Wash; Application Aprii 13, 1945, eriai No. 588,091

7 i 1 This invention mates to' improvements in faucets,'and has'reference more particularly to improvements in control lever mechanisms for use in connection with faucets of that type disclosed in my cop'ending application filed August 14, 1943, Iifldei Serial No. 498,625; new Patent No. 2,373,702 dated lipril 17, 1945 that being a Continuation in part of an earlier application filed August 4, 1941, under Serial No. 405,349 now abandoned.

More specifically stated, this invention has to do with anin'iproved control le'v'er inechahisin for the operation of faucets of those types wherein a single pistonvalve' is rotatably adjustable for the mixing of hot and cold water in Various proportionate amounts and movable endwise for shutting off and for controlling the amount of flowthrough the faucet. Itisf the principal object of this invention to provide a control lever mechanism that r'nay be easily and readily assembled with the faucet; that is a practical and satisfactory means for moving the faucet in its intended manner, and through which a desired balance may be obtained thereby to cause'the valve tdinaintain a set open position. p r E i other objects of the invention reside in the details or construction of the various parts; in theif-combin'ation and relationship and in their mode of use, as will hereinafter be fully described. In accomplishing these and other objects of the-inventiom-Ih'ave provided the improved de tails of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawiz'igs, wherein n Fig.1 is aei-css'sectionai view, taken along the axial "line of a faucet th'atis equipped with a control lever mechanism" embodied by the present invention. 7 g 1 2 isa similar view showing a side view of the 1e'ver,'and showing it in connection with a faucet of an alternative form, t l

Fig. 3 is across sectional detailof the hand rever,--a iis pivotal point of connection with the pi ette valve stem.

EflgE-Ais a perspective view, showing details of t the lever mountin bracket and a part of the stein on which the bracket is rotatably adjust able with the turning of the lever from side to side. v

bracket and limiting ring asused in the faucet of'T *2i tin of sitiil another 'form'of levei.

Fig; 5 is'a perspective View showing details of a 'Gfis aside View of air-alternative' forrhfofj is-aside vkfifiattly: iii, longitudinal sec-y 1 Claim; (01. tit -=11) 2 Referring more iii detail to the diawings Fiist describing the faucet shown in Fig. I: 'l

designates the faiiet bodii br housing. This' is foiifi'ed with a vertical eylindfical bore 2 which, at opposite sides'po'r'ts 3 and 4 enter.

These po rts 'at their cutei eiizis, are threaded for connection with pipes, not herein shown, through Whieh, respectivay, hot and oldava'tei is supplied'unde'f pressure to the faucet; At its 'iiDfJi end,the cylindrical bore 2 opens into a c'biiii 'i"- bore 5 which joins with the bore 2 in an aijihiil'ati, company tapered seat 6. Above this seat, the countrbor'e' is threaded, as at'l, and abovf facing seat 8. a I

Fitted in'tlie bore 2, which extends to hear the bottom of the body, is a sleeve l0, closed at its upper end byah'ori'zorital wan H froi'ri which a tubular stein l2 eiitend's'. The stem is cdaiiial (if.

sage, and extended thereinrougn is a hollow nut 20, theiower end of which is threaded into the threaded part! of 'th "counterbore of the valve bed?! the outer end of the iiiit is anan'nular, projecting shoulder 2| that engages against the spout head to hold the spout iii place on the eddy l, but permitting lb ta table SWih gifig 0f the spout Etbiu't the tubular illit. Formed i nth stem openings 22 registered with openings 23 in the nutwau and these latter open into the spout head, thus providing for outflow of water from the stem into the spout when the valve is opei'i aspresent ywin be understood.

Packing of suitable kind is disposed between 2'l ,asf indicated ates.

Rotatably fitted in the sleeve in is th'valve D i StOIYBU which OVflis'bQltS 3| and 32 in the sleevewalls that open't'o the ports 3 and 4 resp'et'ively. Atits' upper' end, the piston 3D has i a shaftor stem 35 extending upwardly, through the tubiila'r stein l2 and throiigh and bey' i if ne nfltZU. Through the mediacy of the stern 3 5, the pistoii'valve may be rotatably adjusted and also moves up and down in the game In the upper, opposite side portions of, the piston valve are passages 38 and 39 that open to the upper end of the piston, and located about the base of the stem 35, and seated against the piston end, is a conical valve member 40 adapted, when the piston valve is in fully raised position, to close against a valve seat 4| formed in the wall II to stop outflow of water from the faucet through the tubular stem I2. When the piston is moved fdownwardly, to unseat the valve, the channels or passages 38 and 39 may be registered with the port 3| and 32 for an outflow of hot and cold water mixture, and then by rotatable adjustment of the piston, the proportionate amounts of hot and cold water may be varied as desired, as is explained fully in the copending application before referred to; this being due to the relationship of ports and channels in the ports.

For the purpose of controlling the operative H movements of the piston valve, I have provided the hand lever mechanism shown best in Figs. 1 and Fig. 4, and which is the basis of this appli cation. In these views, 50 designates the hand lever, normally disposed in a horizontal position, and pivotally attached to the upper end of the stem 35 at about a medial point between the ends ofthe lever. For this connection the lever may be formed with a hole vertically therethrough as in Fig. 3, or with spaced opposite side flanges a between which the upper end of stem 35 is located.

' The means for efiecting the pivotal connection of the lever 50 and stem 35 comprises a pivot screw 52 that extends horizontally through the upper end of stem 35 and likewise through the spaced side portions of the lever. This pin may be. fixed by a threaded connection, as at 54, in.

Fig. 3, and preferably the pin would be tapered and formed at its larger end with a screw driver slot.

' Associated with the hand lever 50 is a supporting bracket 55 which has pivotal connection with the hand lever at a distance slightly spaced from the point of connection of the lever with the stem 35. This supporting connection is effected by a hollow nut 20 and to seat against the adjacent end of the tubular stem 12. The nut 20 thus encloses' the base end of this bracket, and by contact with the collar 62, holds the bracket rigidly upright, but permits the bracket to turn with the lever as it is swung from side to side about the axis of the stem 35 in proportioning the water mixture. The extent of this lateral turning of.

the lever from side to side is limited by reasonoi a depending stop portion 62.1: formed on the under side of the collar 62 and contained in anarc'uate recess l2m in the upper endsurfaceofj the stem [2, as best noted in Fig. 4. The turning adjustment of the piston valve is effected 'byfthe lateral turning offthe hand lever, and is limited to that necessary for moving the piston in either,

direction from its neutral position, at which its side channels equally receive hot andeom water,

to a position required 'for closing off 'either' the hot or the cold water ports. 7

In the details shown in Fig. 1, it is to be observed that a slit 10 extends down from the port 3| in sleeve ['0 to allow water under pressure to pass to the under side of the piston valve. Thus the pressure of water normally operates to hold the valve seated. However, as soon as the valve is depressed and thereby opened, the water pressure to the lower end of the valve is cut off.

With the lever mechanism arranged as above described, the piston valve will, upon depressing the hand lever to swing it downwardly about its fulcrum support, be moved to an open position and the amount of flow of water from the faucet will be determined by the extent to which the valve is thus depressed. Then, the valve may be rotatably adjusted in either direction to selec- ,tively determine the proportionate amounts of hot and cold water to be discharged.

By adding weight to the rear end of the hand lever, it may be caused to return the valve to its closed position when its outer end is released from the hand pressure, or it may be so counterbalanced as to maintain a set position.

The valve shown in Fig. 2 does not difler from that of Fig. 1 in principle. However, it illustratesJa construction from which the sleeve III has been eliminated and the piston valve is applied within the cylindrical bore of the valve body Ia. A plug is mounted in the upper end of the body bore, and this mounts the spout head thereon. The nut has lateral passages open to the spout head and to the valve chamber. A nut 8| is threaded onto the upper end of the plug and holds the parts assembled.

Also, in this showing, a stop ring 82 is applied, and is clamped tightly between the nut 8| and plug, and this, as noted in Fig. 5, has a stop shoulder 84 therein. The lever supporting bracket 551: is here applied in the same manner as bracket 55 in Fig. 1, but it has an arcuate lug 88 on one side designed to move within the ring 82 with the turning of the bracket, and by contact of the lug 84 to limit the extent of turning to that required.

The hand lever as shown in Fig. 6 is so connected with the valve stem and arm '55 that an upward pull onthe longer end portion of the lever with respect to the point of connection with the stem, will move the stem downwardly. This merely calls for a reversal of the points of conlnection of the stem and arm from'that shown in "lg. 1. l

The lever shown in Fig. 7 is designed for foot operation and is counter-balanced so that it will automatically 'close the valve. The operating portion is somewhat extended so as to better adaptit for foot actuation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A faucet of the character described including a housing providing a valve chamber, a hollow nut threaded thereinto and mixing valve having a stem extended therefrom coaxially through the nut; a bracket having a mounting collar at one end rotatably contained in the hollow nut and held against longitudinal movement relative to the housing and through which the stem is extended, the outer end portion of said bracket being extendedfrom the nut and offset from the stem, and a handlelever pivotally fixed to the outer end of the stem and having a fulcrumed connection with'the outerend of the bracket, said mounting collar of the bracket having an integral circumferentially directed flange confined within the hollow nut and terminating in abrupt shoulders at its ends and a non-rotatable member fixed in the nut and equipped with shoulders to be engaged by the shoulders on the collar to limit the extent of turning of the bracket in opposite directions to limit the turning of the valve stem accordingly.

ALFRED M. MOEN.

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